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A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

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Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

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Post by podobo »

blahblah12334 wrote: post #407

Regardless of Michael's issues with Codesmith, I will say as someone who looked into bootcamps before, Codesmith is infamous for having people misrepresent their job experience to get swe jobs (even getting hired as seniors!). This is also why they used to have some of the highest job salary outcomes. I'm not going to link anything but this can be confirmed by just searching "Codesmith" in Linkedin and seeing how man…

Yeah Codesmith is trash and I am seriously wondering if this thread itself is being swarmed by their PR people.

Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

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Post by mothballed »

Aurornis wrote: post #644
LaurensBER wrote: post #351

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Moderation on Reddit has been questionable for a long time and its killing the site. To give some examples: - /r/energy used to ban everyone in favour of nuclear energy - If you post on /r/conservative you can expect to receive a bunch of bans from unrelated (popular) subs. Doesn't matter what you posted, being associated with that subs "taints" your account enough for some moderators. - /r/UnitedKingdom banned me fo…

> - If you post on /r/conservative you can expect to receive a bunch of bans from unrelated (popular) subs. Doesn't matter what you posted, being associated with that subs "taints" your account enough for some moderators. You left out the fact that you can’t post to /r/conservative until the moderators there audit your post history and perform an interview with you to confirm your ideology matches theirs. If someone…

If you say anything remotely controversial anywhere on reddit you will be hunted by a moderator of another sub and then targeted for banning.

I pointed out on a sub that the question on the 4473 (form to buy a firearm) asking if you are a drug user is a 5th amendment violation as it asks you to incriminate yourself to exercise a right.

An Ivy league lawyer, moderator of another sub, about a whole year later, found it, declared that it was illegal legal advice, then had my whole account nuked using his legal credentials to scare reddit into getting rid of me.

Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

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Post by pixl97 »

nomdep wrote: post #606
jacquesm wrote: post #579

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So, how is it working out for you so far? I find it hard to believe that otherwise intelligent beings can both make claims like this and at the same time observe reality. The USA has in all of its history since the civil war not been this divided. And it is falling off a cliff as we speak.

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>The violent left bullies

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/right-wing-extremist-v...

>Based on our own research and a review of related work, we can confidently say that most domestic terrorists in the U.S. are politically on the right, and right-wing attacks account for the vast majority of fatalities from domestic terrorism.

Of course this reply isn't for you.If you're spreading this level of rhetoric nothing is going to change your mind. Instead it's information for others.

Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

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Post by Workaccount2 »

Aurornis wrote: post #644
LaurensBER wrote: post #351

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Moderation on Reddit has been questionable for a long time and its killing the site. To give some examples: - /r/energy used to ban everyone in favour of nuclear energy - If you post on /r/conservative you can expect to receive a bunch of bans from unrelated (popular) subs. Doesn't matter what you posted, being associated with that subs "taints" your account enough for some moderators. - /r/UnitedKingdom banned me fo…

> - If you post on /r/conservative you can expect to receive a bunch of bans from unrelated (popular) subs. Doesn't matter what you posted, being associated with that subs "taints" your account enough for some moderators. You left out the fact that you can’t post to /r/conservative until the moderators there audit your post history and perform an interview with you to confirm your ideology matches theirs. If someone…

Lets go down to /r/conservative and throw rocks at them for being dumb was a pretty popular activity for people. For anyone who has been on reddit for any length of time, it should be abundantly obvious why the sub needs extremely heavy moderation. That sub is like having an LGBTQ tent at a redneck festival.

Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

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Post by HDThoreaun »

twibs_io wrote: post #204

Pretty shocking that someone whose business is being actively attacked on a subreddit, one that is not only relevant to them but is one of the biggest drivers of student interest and a major recruiting tool, has no recourse in this situation. A lot of people mentioning the legal angle don’t realize what a nightmare that kind of litigation would be. It’s frankly outrageous that Reddit doesn’t take the time to investig…

Not really. Most bootcamps are trash. Legal recourse would only be available if he said stuff that wasnt true

Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

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Post by Montymio »

simianwords wrote: post #74
michaelnovati wrote: post #28

I'm Michael and this was about me. This person never reached out for comment and is missing half the story. I'm happy to fill people in on the rest if this person or someone else wants to hear. I agree with one or two of the characterizations but the majority I don't and there is a lot more to this story than it seems... RE: INDUSTRY. Rithm School (their main competitor) shut down. Hack Reactor is down to single digi…

I would really like to hear both sides to the story. But from the data it seems like you have been obsessively commenting on the subreddit about codesmith for more than a full year. And almost 80% have been negative. This looks unhinged because you are a moderator of the subreddit. What's the other side to this?

i heard this has actually been going on for 3 years

Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

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Post by abustamam »

docmars wrote: post #654
Aurornis wrote: post #644

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> - If you post on /r/conservative you can expect to receive a bunch of bans from unrelated (popular) subs. Doesn't matter what you posted, being associated with that subs "taints" your account enough for some moderators. You left out the fact that you can’t post to /r/conservative until the moderators there audit your post history and perform an interview with you to confirm your ideology matches theirs. If someone…

Could it be that sharing conservative ideas is against Reddit's community guidelines? There are other subreddits with primarily right or moderate leaning communities and comments in those get deleted all the time with moderator messages saying they risk the entire subreddit getting taken down by Reddit simply for sharing basic conservative views.

Out of curiosity, what views? I'm trying to understand if Reddit is just ban happy against conservatives or if basic conservative views are really against reddits TOS

Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

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Post by pixl97 »

LaurensBER wrote: post #477
watwut wrote: post #449

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While I understand your frustration I would like to point out that I'm not American. Other countries do exist and they also use Reddit and Twitter (despite the US politics spam we have to suffer through ;))

At the end of the day both Reddit and Twitter are American companies and algorithmic feeds for users in the US can end up being significantly different from those in other countries.

Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

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Post by Montymio »

michaelnovati wrote: post #194
ryanmerket wrote: post #189

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do you think maybe they could have kept it up if they didn't layoff 80% of their staff because of your modding? reddit is essentially google results at this point, don't act coy.

That's not correct. Their closest competitor entirely shut down for example, and the industry is the main factor responsible for their decline. They laid off their Future Code (a completely funded program by the city of NY) overnight with no warning - some of the most dedicated staff.

the fact that you’re so entitled as to describe and assess their staff like you’re an insider who actually works there. That’s crazy. and creepy AF
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